Over the Christmas holidays, we visited the Second Street Market here in Dayton. I saw these little gems in a bin…and they were calling my name.

I like brussel sprouts. I’ve liked them all my life. But I’ve never cooked with them. I’d only eaten them from a bag out of the freezer. Cooked, of course.

But never had I made them from “fresh” sprouts.

Since I wasn’t exactly sure what I was to do with these little green gems, so I searched around. Every where I looked, said to cook them with pancetta or bacon. But I didn’t have any bacon on hand, and well, pancetta is just too pricey for me! So I ended up deciding to work up a pasta. Seemed safe.

After all, I didn’t want to screw this up and waste these green little gems.